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Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Brazilian
Poet
Oct 31
,
1902
-
Aug 17
,
1987
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American
Writer
Jul 3
,
1860
-
Aug 17
,
1935
Conrad Aiken
American
Author
Aug 5
,
1889
-
Aug 17
,
1973
Fernand Leger
French
Artist
Feb 4
,
1881
-
Aug 17
,
1955
Frederick the Great
Royalty
Jan 24
,
1712
-
Aug 17
,
1786
Howard E. Koch
American
Playwright
Dec 12
,
1901
-
Aug 17
,
1995
Ira Gershwin
American
Musician
Dec 6
,
1896
-
Aug 17
,
1983
James Patrick Murray
American
Journalist
Dec 29
,
1919
-
Aug 17
,
1998
Leonard Boswell
American
Politician
Jan 10
,
1934
-
Aug 17
,
2018
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American
Architect
Mar 27
,
1886
-
Aug 17
,
1969
Moses Hadas
American
Writer
Jun 25
,
1900
-
Aug 17
,
1966
Myrtle Reed
American
Author
Sep 27
,
1874
-
Aug 17
,
1911
Paul Williams
American
Musician
Jul 2
,
1939
-
Aug 17
,
1973
Pearl Bailey
American
Actress
Mar 29
,
1918
-
Aug 17
,
1990
Ruth First
South African
Activist
May 4
,
1925
-
Aug 17
,
1982
Yvonne Craig
American
Actress
May 16
,
1937
-
Aug 17
,
2015